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I am not grandiose enough to claim to change India's political culture, says Tharoor | Reacting to a Times of India observation over his tweets on India's political culture, Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor has said the leading
English daily has falsely claimed that he said he wanted to change India's political culture. "I am not grandiose enough to claim I can change India's political culture.
Just trying to be myself and do my work," he said in a tweet this morning. "There,
I disagree, because everybody else is doing it," said Tharoor in an interview
to CNN-IBN. "Even the Prime Minister of Australia tweets. The Foreign Secretary
of Britain David Miliband tweets and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton tweets.
In fact, when she was in Delhi there were a dozen tweets a day about all her activities
and her meetings," he added. Tharoor further said, "Possibly. I am not denying
that. There are elements in our society who rather revel in bringing down people
as well. I have been brought down, but I am not going to make any bones about
it." "I would love to change that culture but I can't, as an individual, start
setting the pace. I don't have the rank or the authority or the background to
be doing that. I think I should have been, in that sense, a little more restrained
about putting it on Twitter or indeed even saying it on TV at that point," he
added. It was reported that Tharoor on Friday had said he wanted to change Indian
political culture, which sadly doesn't welcome discussions. But Tharoor said he
did not have the "rank, or the authority or the background" to bring change into
the system. "I would love to change that culture, but I can't as an individual
start setting the pace. I don't have the rank or the authority or the background
to be doing that. I think I should have been, in that sense, a little more restrained
about putting it on Twitter, or indeed even saying it on TV at that point," Tharoor
said. Tharoor said he has been brought down by elements in our society, who rather
revel in bringing down people as well. "I have been brought down, but I am not
going to make any bones about it," Tharoor said. |
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